CorrosionRADAR (Cranfield University, UK) – Strategic-Technological Analysis

Developed from a Cranfield University research project, CorrosionRADAR is a UK-based deep-tech startup that aims to transform how critical infrastructure corrosion is monitored. Modern European energy networks span vast pipelines, often in hazardous or hard-to-reach environments, where manual inspections are slow, costly and expose workers to risk .

CorrosionRADAR adapts space-grade electromagnetic sensing for continuous remote inspection of pipelines and insulated tanks. Its patented “waveguide” sensors are embedded under insulation and linked to an analytics platform, enabling operators to detect and even predict corrosion under insulation (CUI) without removing pipe cladding .

This analysis answers: How does CorrosionRADAR adapt space-grade electromagnetic sensing and patented 'waveguide' sensors to monitor corrosion under insulation? How does its analytics platform enable continuous remote detection and prediction of pipeline and tank corrosion without removing cladding? As a Cranfield University spin-off, how is CorrosionRADAR positioned for European critical-infrastructure resilience? What capability gaps and dependencies affect CorrosionRADAR's corrosion-monitoring technology?